I hook rugs, I knit and I have a life - not always in that order. Hooking rugs in the traditional way is a passion. Knitting is a way of keeping those idle hands busy. In my life, I am a mother, partner, sister,aunt, friend and a happy grammy. I work with volunteers and seniors when I'm not doing those other things. I enjoy being creative - and often reinvent the wheel. Above all, I value things that are not only beautiful but useful.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Aah, relief!

I have my new 3.5 circular needles. What a difference they make! I just whizzed through a row or two of the Honeycomb vest last night.

We went out to White Rock for a rainy day adventure. There was a lovely but very small, yarn store, Knitopia, which had just moved back to this town and it was nice to get in out of the wind and rain. The owner is very friendly and she stocks a lot of really interesting yarns in her narrow space. I found my needles - bought two lengths - for a quarter the cost of what I was looking at in our LYS's. I didn't buy any yarn but I have an excuse to return, don't I?

A tasty - and very filling - lunch at the Five Corners Cafe set us up to check out the shops nearby. This retail section is truly not large but look at the interesting stuff in one store...

White Rock must have a very active social scene after dark 'cuz during the day, it's a LOT more casual.

Then we drove among the lovely homes with gorgeous ocean views and ended up in Crescent Beach. They call this a resort community and I would love to live here. Not because it's a resort since it looks more like a very small village on the seashore. No, I would like to be here for the winter storms, the summer sunshine, the many walking trails and all the birds. We visited Blackie Spit which is on the flight path of the Pacific Coast migratory birds.

But it was a blustery day and, while we did see a couple of grebes, a loon and an unidentified duck, it was too rainy to get any good photos. We did get very close to a few seagulls hunkering down in the parking lot, though.

7 comments:

Stephanie, you've made mereally jealous now! Both places sound lovely.Hunkering down is such a good description for what those birds are doing- they literally look like I feel when it rains!Glad you got your pins.

Good place to go back to, so glad you got the needles. Funny how gulls always hang around the carpark (looking for a hand out of greasy food no doubt)! Light rain here today so got out & transplanted lettuce, (wet shirt etc, perhaps I should have worn bathers) soooo good for my little magic square.

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I have always identified as an original Baby Boomer. I get just a little edgy when there is talk of those young 'uns also being in this generation. I have a great life where I can do anything I want. The days are wa-a-y too short.